VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
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LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
The table below lists the LVM commands and a near equivalent command to use in VxVM. For
more information, refer to the Task Comparison chart. For information on VxVM commands,
refer to the VERITAS Volume Manager documentation package (see the Preface).
Table 3-1 Command Comparison
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action
lvchange Changes the
characteristics of logical
volumes.
vxedit
or
vxvol set
Creates, removes, and
modifies Volume
Manager records.
There is no single
equivalent LVM
command.
vxresize Resizes a file system
and its underlying
volume at the same
time.
lvlnboot Creates root, primary
and secondary swap and
dump volumes. It also
creates boot areas on the
disk.
There is no equivalent
command for this
release.
lvcreate Creates a logical volume. vxassist Creates volumes with
the make parameter.
Example: vxassist
make vol_name 100M
layout=stripe